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Supersition &Myths
Shrews are called "Chien Shu" in Mandarin and
"Chin Chih" in Taiwanese. Both means "money" and "mouse
or rat". This is because the noise that shrews make sounds like the
Chinese pronunciation of money. In Taiwan, a shrew at one's home should
never be killed. The presence of the small animal means money coming. If
you kill the shrew that entered your house, you cut off the source of money,
ie. fortune.
Info by: Luis M. Chong L., Lab. of Entomology Dept. of
Biology, CNSC P.O. Box 30-250 Taipei, Taiwan, China
E-mail: lmchong@netscape.net
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